The national weather service issued a warning for the alarm condition on Wednesday afternoon. What happened next is hard to see ...
- Snowstorm sweeps over New York - the metropolis is snowed in in 90 minutes.
- Video clips show apocalyptic images.
New York - It seems apocalyptic how a blizzard falls over the American metropolis New York and seems to devour it. A massive snowstorm swept across New York City and parts of Long Island and Connecticut on Wednesday.
The national weather service had issued the warnings about an absolute alarm condition for the affected regions and extended them by one hour in a second warning. Warning of icy roads and limited visibility. And the view was very limited. Many citizens filmed the storm and shared their pictures on Twitter .
Severe weather in New York: Apocalyptic snowstorm "devours" the metropolis - incredible pictures
#Westchester #Snow #Squall #timelapse @ News12WC @lohud @ NY1weather @weatherchannel pic.twitter.com/htWh8wZb0F
- Curtis St. John (@Curtis_StJohn) December 18, 2019Various cameras across the city took scary pictures . The time-lapse footage of the 90-minute storm was finally edited into an impressive video by NBC News.
You can see how clouds build up massively over the sea and seemingly unstoppably - and impenetrably driven into the city by wind - until absolutely nothing can be seen.
Weather disasters caused huge damage worldwide in 2019 - including in the United States
Natural and man-made disasters caused an estimated $ 140 billion in economic damage in the year to the end. That's a decrease from 2018 when the losses totaled $ 176 billion, Swiss reinsurer Swiss Re said on Thursday.
Severe disasters included hurricanes "Idai" and "Kenneth" in Mozambique and neighboring countries, cyclone "Fani" in India and hurricane "Dorian", which hit the Bahamas and North Carolina in the USA. Japan has been hit by two "devastating typhoons," as Swiss Re said. There were also heat waves and dry spells; new maximum temperatures have been recorded in several places around the world.
Weather Themes: Also read the forecasts and phenomena
The mild December is currently causing frustration among German snow fans. But a phenomenon is moving towards Europe, albeit very slowly. The consequences of the Rossby waves on the winter weather are startling.
In Italy, however, there are strong storms with rainfall. There was even a dead man. A violent storm raged in Britain too. Now "Dennis" may have claimed two lives in England.
Spring instead of frost? The weather in Germany is completely crazy in December 2019. Is the topic of white Christmas ticked off? All information can be found in the weather ticker.
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